Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The Quarterly Court of Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held on Thursday , at Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., P . Prov . Dep . G . Master for West Yorkshire , in the chair . On the dais , supporting the Chairman , were Bros . A . C . Spaull , Frank Richardson , C . E . Keyser , Sir J . B . Monckton , E . Letchworth , and Major J . Woodall Woodall . There was a large number of other brethren present .

Bro . HEDGES , Secretary , read the minutes of the last Court , in which it was recorded that the Earl of Dartmouth , Prov . C Master for Staffordshire , would take the chair at the 112 th Anniversary Festival of the Institution on Wednesday , May gth , 1900 . The minutes having been confirmed , Bro . HEDGES reported the conveyance of the freehold property of the Institution to the new trustees , which had been carried through by Bro . Frank Richardson . It arose out of the appointment of the new trustees , Lord Leigh , Prov . G . Master for Warwickshire , being the sole survivor of the old trustees .

Bro . A . C . SPAULL , P . G . Std . Br ., then rose and said he had the pleasure of proposing a vote of thanks to Bro . Frank Richardson for his services in this respect . The brethren all knew the interest Bro . Richardson took in the Institution , and that he always did anything he could for it which could conduce towards its benefit . On this occasion he had rendered great service in preparing and getting executed the deed of conveyance transferring the property of the

new trustees , and he moved " A hearty vote of thanks to him for his services . " Bro . Sir J . B . MONCKTON , P . G . W ., in seconding the motion , said no one who had not been through the mill could be aware of the trouble such services as those rendered by Bro . Richardson entailed , and he thought Bro . Richardson was entitled to the brethren ' s warmest thanks for what he had done . ( Cheers . ) The motion was carried unanimously .

Bro . F RANK R ICHARDSOX , P . G . D ., in acknowledging the vote , said he thanked the brethren very much indeed for their kind vote of thanks , and he could only assure the brethren that in this as in all other work ior the Institution it had given him great pleasure to carry out the work . ( Hear , hear . ) Bro . A . C . SPAULL , P . G . Std . Br ., proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . W ., for transferring the stock in the same circumstances . The

General Committee had already passed such a vote , but he thought it would be only a gracious act that this General Court confirmed it by passing a like vote in public meeting . What Bro . Fenn had done in his capacity as stockbroker had bsen done without any charge to the Institution . Although the proposal of the vote did not appear on the agenda of the Court , he proposed this vote . Bro . C . E . KEYSER , P . G . D ., seconded .

The motion was carried ; but Bro . Fenn was not present to acknowledge it . Scrutineers of votes having been appointed , the brethren proceeded to elect 16 girls to the School out of a list of 33 approved candidates . The following were the unsuccessful candidates :

Name . Votes . Name . Volts . Dodd , Amy Mina ... 334 G Potter , Amelia Mabel ... ... S 53 Liddall , Flora Ethel ... 3240 Harding , Honor Gertrude Mori ; ... S 31 Thomas , Mary Louise 2345 Wright , Eleanor Elizabeth 645 Brooks , Edith Arbery 2304 Delahaye , Josephine 2 SJ Green . Elsie Beatrice 21 . 1 G Kav . Nfarp-erv Mellin 2 G- ;

Curtis , Dorothy 1 G 75 Lerpiniere , Lilian Irene 7 6 Hall , Daisy Louise 165 S Gates , Alice May 51 Willmott , Eveline Dorothea ... 1323 Caine , Dorothy 8 Collins , Jessie Helen „ . ... 1039 Votes of thanks to the Scrutineers and to the Chairman of the day , with the consequent acknowledgments , closed the proceedings . A list of the successful candidates will be found in our advertisemei t columns .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Rose Lodge , No . 1622 . The installation meeling of this highly esteemed and successful lodge took place at thc Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell , S . E ., on Saturday , the 7 th inst ., at which there were 114 brethren present ; Bros . Wal . E . Jeffery , W . M . ; Hy . Potter , S . W . and W . M . elect ; George Thompson , P . M ., J . W . ; Isaac Dunn , P . M ., Treas . ; John Loader , P . M ., Sec ; F . E . Choveaux , Org . ; R . Brambleby , J . D . ; S . J . Cohen , I . G . ; S . I . Derham , P . M .. D . C : las . Parr , Stwd . ; I . Whiteman , Tyler ; D .

Rose , P . M . ; T . Pickett , P . M . ; J . H . Pullen , P . M . ; ft . Vickery , P . M . ; Wm . Jeffrey , P . M . ; Wm . Dawson , P . M . ; S . W . Ballard , P . M . ; H . Noble , F . W . Wright , W . S . Nelthropp , A . L . Searle , E . G . Taylor , A . Bradgate , C . Archer , W . J . J . Snodgrass , W . Shaw , E . G . Seaman , W . J . Frampton , J . Muttit , J . W . Reynolds , C . B . Ryan , J . Johnson , J . Simpson , J . F . W . Morris , W . Wisdom , Josiah Messent , J . J . Urayner , F . A . Sahl , J . B . Higgs , A . C . Crisp , J . Hight , Goddard Clark , L . G . Wright , W . G . Kirby , R . J . Sobel , P . Henke , T . J . Smith ,

W . McKay , J . H . Reep , H . A . Harris , A . Pomeroy , and C IL Mayo . The visitors were Bros . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas . ; A . Lambert , P . M . P . M . 155 G , P . P . S . G . W . Surrey ; A . Gowberg , 43 ; VV . H . Parr , 2215 ; C . W . Scantlebuiy , 706 ; J . Barker , 1329 ; W . R . Jarvis , S 62 ; T . Isaacs , 2589 ; J . Pointing , 2021 ; G . E . Walton , 511 ; Harry Eyre , VV . M . 101 ; Valentine Hill , 1641 ; F . E . Sims , S . W . 1973 ; B . T . Drayner , J . W . 1297 ; H . H . Dean , 1922 ; G . Elliott , 87 ; Nathan Robinson , P . M . 2 G 03 ; Hy . Cornford , W . M . 1922 ; C . J .

Sowton , P . M . 1 G 79 ; Hy . Harbord , P . M . 901 ; W . P . Want . 2374 ; T . I . Parr , W . M . 22 ; A . J . Bonnett , 1625 ; VV . C . Croome , 2 G 15 ; H . W . Bagshaw , P . ' ¦" .. 1050 ; A . Smithers , 2262 ; R . S . Sly , P . M . 1625 ; R . Weddall Thomas , W . M . 1901 ; G . H . Wavell , P . M . S 62 ; J . Mills , T . R . Cass , P . M . 1320 ; J . B . Cass , 199 ; C . E . Osman , P . M . 24 G 9 ; Wm . Boyce , P . M . 30 ; T . J . Noakes , P . M . 507 ; W . J . Holmes , I . P . M . 1 S 91 j J . Hooper , P . M . 1320 ; P . H . Garner , P . M . 217 ; Robt . Elgar , P . M . and Sec . 1329 ; E . J . Burnup , 1331 ; J . T . Penney , P . M . 16 79 ;

T . R . Benton , 21 S 2 ; A . Taylor , 217 ; G . Richards , 105 6 ; W . A . Buxton , S . W . I 534 » R . J . Richards , J . D . IOJG ; j . C . Burns , 27 ; F . J . Caster , 193 ; Wm . Gulliford , J . W . 97 s ; S . W . Leech , 253 , * R . A . Kearsey , P . M . 15 ; Wyndham Hart , P . M . 49 ; F . Butler , S . W . 1360 , * J . Alderson , 87 ; S . Walshe Owen , 901 ; A . G . Pocock , , 922 ; Thomas Hobley , W . M . 1320 ; T . Tappenden , 1604 ; G . Wiltshire , SGo ; N . Dolling , 1539 ; F . W . Sears , 1789 ; and C H . Stone , P . M . 507 , S . W . 1 G 41 . The lodge being opened , the minutes of election meeting and emergency meeting

were read and confirmed . A ballot was taken for Bro . Jas . Pointing , 2033 , as a joining member , which proved unanimous . A ballot was also taken for initiation for Mr . Hy . Tolley , Mr . Thos . Connery , and Mr . Herbert Reeves , which proved unanimous , and Mr . 'lhos . Connery was initiated in a perfect manner by theW . M . The Auditors presented their report , which showed the lodge to be in an excellent financial position , having a large balance in the hands of the Treasurer . Bro . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas ., was saluted . Bro . Saml . J . Derham , P . M ., D . of C , next presented

Bro . Hy . Potter , S . W ., W . M . elect , to Bro . Wal Jeffery , W . M ., to receive from him the benefits of installation , which ceremony was performed in a large Board of 38 Installed Masters in a masterly manner . The new W . M . invested his ollicers in a most exemplary manner as follows : Bros . Wal . E . Jeffery , LP . M . ; George Thompson , P . M ., S . VV . ; Richard Brambleby , J . W . ; Isaac Dunn , P . M ., P . Z ., Treas . ; John T . Loader , P . M ., P . Z ., Sec ; Simon J . Cohen , S . D . ; Wm . McKay , J . D . ; Chas . H . Mayo , I . G . ; Saml . J . Derham , P . M ., POL ., D . of C ; Jas . E . Parr and William J . Frampton , Stwds . ; Francois E . Choveaux , Org . ; and J . Whiteman , Tyler . The three addresses were ably delivered bv the Installing Master , Bro . W . E . Jeffery , for

Craft Masonry.

which he received hearty congratulations . Bro . Hy . Potter , W . M ., handed in three propositions for initiation at the meeting in December . A notice of motion was given that the sum of 20 guineas be taken from the lodge funds to form the nucleus of a fund to present Bro . J . Loader , P . M ., with a testimonial for eminent services rendered to the lodge during the past 20 years as its Secretary . Subscriptions were invited from the brethren not to exceed half a guinea each . The business of the lodge ended , it was closed , and the brethren adjourned to a recherchebanquet , supplied by Mrs . Venables in her usual excellent style .

The cloth removed , the VV . M . gave the toast ot" The Queen and the Craft , " and remarked that among the millions of inhabitants over whom she reigned , and the sun never set , there were none more loyal than the members of the Masonic Order . The toast of " H . R . H . the M . W . G . M ., " was also given in loyal terms . The toast of "The Pro G . M ., Earl Amherst ; the Dep . G . M ., the Earl of Warwick ; and the rest of the Officers of Grand Lodge , Present and Past , " received at the hands of the W . M . its meed of praise , and he also remarked the honour conferred on the lodge by the presence of Bro . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , P . G . Treas . England .

Bro . Walter Jeffery , I . P . M ., on rising , stated it was his very great privilege to propose the toast of "The W . M ., " and from the ability he had already shown he was confident Bro . Potter would prove himself one of the best Masters in the lodge , that the year would prove a great success , and at the close the brethren would confess the same , and that it had also been one of the happiest years in the Rose Lodge . The toast was most enthusiastically drunk . Bro . Hy . Potter , W . M ., on rising , received quite an ovation , and in a highly intellectual and very exhaustive speech said he heartily thanked the I . P . M . for his very

kind remarks in proposing and the brethren for so cordially drinking to the toast of the W . M . It was with pride and feelings of great anticipation that he had succeeded to the proud position , and he felt that he had the hearty good wishes of every brother in the -Rose Lodge . It was a fitting opportunity for thanking every brother who had helped him in every way . With great pleasure and thankfulness did he look back to years that night , having been proposed by his life-long friend Bro . Goddard Clarke , and now his esteemed brother-in-law , also of Bro . Isaac Dunn , P . M ., his old

schoolfellow , by whom he was initiated , and who had always been a true and faithful friend , and , above all , to one of his fondest friends , Bro . John Loader , P . M ., the worthy Secretary , who had worked like a trojan in bringing the installation meeting to such a successful issue . Freemasonry was not a religion , but its principles taught us to recognise , above all , the Great Architect of the Universe , to be good and true , to walk hun-jly and uprightly in this life , and to expand the heart by the broad principles of true benevolence . That alone would make all happy and true , and should be

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER . the asp iration of every Mason . Some short time ago it had been his privilege to visit a Freemasons' lodge in France , but what was his surprise and grief to lind the volume of the Sacred Law excluded , and no supplicating prayer . The whole proceedings to him were dead and devoid of that which was the very essence of life . Also in his travels up the river Nile it struck him what a power in the world Freemasonry had been ...-. __ * , » ... itnacort flu . nnhlfi luiildinirs and architecture of over TOOO vears ago . Un

last Christmas Day it had been his good fortune to stand upan the sacred ground ot Mount Moriah , and the thought came tojhim that four religions were centred in tne circumstances connected with that holy spot , and Freemasonry , which embraced athe whole , knowing no sect or creed save only the Great Fatherhood of Uod and Brotherhood of Man , and embracing all that which is true and noble j and while

such excellent tenets are practised and carried out in tneir entirety -Kc »»»«"""• the approbation of the Great Architect of the Universe , and be received into the Grand Lodge above . Such were the principles of the noble Craft , and of such he was proud ° £ b Thf tost ' of "The Initiate » was presented hy the W . M . in excellent terms , giving ¦ • 1 . J ... L « . U-J * Ua * n on r ^ nn > rlii n >*> nmmi ) n ( i (> n . 1 ne Welti *

fel ? c onTdtuhat fromThis rapt attention he wouldprove a credit and bring no disgrace on the lodge . His motto would be upward and onward . „ In reply , Bro . Connery heartily thanked his worthy sponsors , Bra- Pullen , P . M ., and f Loader P . M ., for the kindness and courtesy shown him , and allowing mm , oy receiving him intoThe lodge , to fulfil his greatest ambition-that of admitting him a member of the honourable Craft « The Visitors , " who

numbered 6 , and were of every rank and great distinction . He expressed regret S B ^ AlLma n ^ V « toJ « . * - < £ «« , «¦ ~»* j" ^^ K account of illness and by the advice of his medical attendant . The lodge gave mem a " The toa " ^ moTably responded to by Bros . Payne , Harry Eyre , Thos . Hobley , ... .. „ K ? 51 " , ,. ' . rK ..-tA . „ i ; nu , » r . W M « . nf ther resoective lodges ,

position of haiing two of his sons in the position of W . M . in their respective lodges ) , SndZs Harbord and Col . Hart , one and all eulogising the splendid ¦ « ° * * « e lodge , specially that of installation , which could not be excelled , and congratulating MSV ^ TA % S the toast - of * " The Past M asters of th Log V with feelimrs of creat pleasure . They were an honour , and had upheld the a £° 'ty > K "Sip S 31 working for many years , and if he were allowed 0 chow ^^ "f the number one who had done so , it would be Bro . Wal . Jefferv , ¦ I P M : 'J eld th ? the past year had proved himself one of th ^ b ! St * .. Xir and the consummation position of I . G . he had proved himself a most capable officer , and tne consu